Re: [RFC] Detached-HEAD reminder on commit?

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date: Sep 2, 2008, 20:26 UTC
Message-ID: <vpq3aki1eh6.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <1220383905-48316-1-git-send-email-pdebie@ai.rug.nl>

Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl> writes:

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> +       if (!strcmp("HEAD", head))
> +               printf("You are on a detached head, so this commit "
> +                       "has not been recorded in a branch.\n"
> +                       "If you don't want to lose this commit, checkout a "
> +                       "branch and then run:\n"
> +                       "       git merge %s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1));

I'd say

+                       "If you don't want to lose this commit, run "
+                       "git branch <some-name>\n"
+			"to create a named branch for the commit you just made");

(or whatever better wording you find, but I think suggesting to name the branch makes more sense that merging it)

-- 
Matthieu

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